Wire- joining tool



Oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,711

S. F. BAUWENS WIRE JOINING TOOL Filed June 24, 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,711

5. F. BAUWENS WIRE JOINING TOOL Filed June 24. 1920 s Sheets-Sheet 2 1m 1"; ni I l INVENTOR 3% ATTORNEY Oct. 2, 1923.

s. F. BAUWENS wms JOINING TOOL Filed June 24, 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 2, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SERAPHINE F. BAUWEHS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, KBSIGNOR 'IO WIREBOUNDB PATENTS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

WIRE-JOINING TOOL.

1511mm flied June 2-1., 1920. Serial 110. 391,404.

To all 'wlm'mit may concern: 1

Be it known that Smmrmnn F; BAUWENS', citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Chicago, .countyof- Cook, and State I ofilllinoisghas invente'd'f'an Tm rovementin WVire-JoiningTools,of -.whi'ohdescription, in-connection. with the nccom panying drawings, is a. specification, like oharaeters'on the drawings representingl-ike parts. r 1

This hwention-relates1to wire working and to tools, devices; or machines for use-in joining wires, wire bindings, or wiret-ies. on or about boxes, box .parts,jba1es,"bundles,

pael roges, or the like.

Among otherv objects the invention is intended toprovide a tool or device adapted to readily receive ends'ofwires to be joinedand produce a. strong eflioient joinder therebetween. Anotherobject is to sever the ends of thewires in such. a manner as to leave them free of ol'ijecti onable sharp edgesor points. Another objectisto provides. tool adapted to join. the ends of wires about a 95 box or package by intertwisting said wire ends in such a manner as to produce a strong. even twist and tension the wire about the box or-paokage. A still further object is to provide a tool or device of the class de- 7 scribed which in ny' be usedto perform; operations upon-wires if-different size-or gauge. The invontion ivilhbe clearly understood 'from the following description with reference? to one illustrative tool containing an embodiment of the invention shown in" the aocompanyingdrawings. I A 'A': si1nple-'iorni of hand tool is selected for illustration, it being;- understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the specifioi-llustrativefoirm nor to a hand'tool.

fReferi-ing to the", drawings:

Fig. :1 is A side elevati' n of the illustrative tool with 'the'jaws open to receive the-wire ends to be operated upon.

Fig. 2. is a side elevat'on'showing the jaws closed and in position-"for a: twisting operation. p

Ifilig; 3 is a top plan viewrshowing the tool e. followingline A-A 01mg. 2.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a corner portion of an -ordinary wireboun'd box, the

wires or wire ends on -the lid and frontside of which are to be tensionul'ly joined to complete thecontinuity of the, wire binding and old the lid firmly closed.

:Figs. 11 and 12 are perspective views illustreting the use oithe illustrative tool in joining the said wire ends.

Fig: 13 is a pers ective view ofthe box corner after the pro, notion of the joint made by intertwisti-ng the wire ends.

Fig. 14 is a similar view, after the twisted wires have been hammered down against the side "of the box.

The illustrative tool comprises a pair of relatively movable jaws 1 and 2 carried by abody portion a, towhioh a brace L -may be attached for oonvenience in turning the tool. Jim 1 is slide-lily mounted in a slot formed in the body portion3 and is provided. at its inner extremity. with a plate or upstanding portion 5 adapted-to engage body portion 3' to limit-the outward movement of jaw 1, thus determinin' the extended position thereof; Plate 5 is normally yieldingly held against body-."portionfl by a. compression viz-the wit'es anllecetihg the grip in-g' flpe'cti l to the inner extremity qf jew 2 and t th body portion 3. Thus, 1t W111 be 11 that movement of jaw through b dy Portion 3 will cause jaw 2 to prvot about 1 P nt of attachment to {raw 1 and move 'lelativ l' 1, j 1,1111 as mown 1n F gs, 1 "end.2.- 1 1 l are so eonstrpeteql and .m'l' fl ed blig t when said jays are m the ex- 7 positibn shown .in F1g. 1, the noseeor 'PF- LBI, extr ities 015 the Jews a-1eex pn ded m td each other antlwhen said, aws; rusted. the noses or the outerextremo fbg i aid wires, and em also .se -n fgr r y d tid, ro i lq-mhen;contracted; .a

. HP :fl wires, holding thel jn'iele' by-eide I a minerals to prevent themai'rom foneaboutthe' ether whenthe-tool Th6 EfiiipinQ-meiriberefl are .50 201101- ittihnged' mth'- vreference: to sthe anee amlt i uto be-develeped bythe' i-E erform-a wire-eeyeripg action jpletion-ofathetwlst.-

gates ther f are contracted, as shown in I i 1111} b eaelly meuted, rega clless 0 aleihst buckling dm twisting action, as shown in Fi 8, the con tinned rotation of the tool w 1 cause the pins to disrupt or distort the metal of the" wires and sever the terminal ofthe twist,-

convolutions ofht'he twist 'un bhct-ime '01P fea'tqres mainly the severing operation may depend upon-the degree of p eseure-"exerte the; gmppmg members 01' upon the form eff upbn the wire :bye *is 2 of the boai',1t'h'e";w1res" ,zbe 1 by the gripping. members am lo'pemtibn will not oceut as' seen; as-Itjwowkd glitly pressed e'inst the. -side mere-pressure"theneag H ibuigd" in .'p racti cethat iii-the grip-meg membersjztre sefo medIastb'gr-ipthe fivh'es .iyi tih bi 's'i will flpprqsjehjone another am close tighternend the severingbpei atien-dv ill ee cur at ,-a. later .pe1rie,'c1.jn:thef-, opetaitionpozfithe tightness of. twist "before 11 fimflerin 91eroperate.-upongwims d anyi siee qr an e.

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, surethe. pmduetion; "0f 1 ilnifoxmyltxyiste 10- 1 out 13011,- the; ends ert-lens at t 1 brdught tdgetheryhe'ishomj in Fig. 10.; m 81 n elgin formB f yd W 1 ,F p fi over: the wire i egde'fleg; ehbwn 'Q, j, e-ja'wsi nrideimres i axe then 2111.-

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um-lees o'i the experience. q1 skil1= 0f 09 eratfir, Jhea-ns for QOTItlIOHilif eonetqnte H h degree-Qt pressure exegtecl e11 miresby the g'twppliig e b is am n d S chmean meymn- I nosejet the jaws, eccpming'te the desired m't 'e x e m me heen $1191 12min the wire, t

ing in a beneficial t'eusionino' of the box binding and causing a gradudlly increasing strain on the wire at the gripping point, which further contributes to insurance of the severing action in advance of a rupture or breakage in or beyond the twist.

Usually, the drawing of the wire for the convolutions of the twist will be from nround the box and between the. box and grippinig pins; thus tcnsioning the wire about he box; though, after the wire becomes sufficiently tight on the box or in ceses in which the wire'is initially tensioned about thebox before twisting. the ope-rotor mny lighten theressure of the gripping pins on lies permitting the WIIG to be drawn between itbmgrippi i H ever, with theillustrative type of tool, 1ongitudinal slippage of the wire between the gripping pins will not occur,- at least toan'y considerable extent, so long as the wire can be further tightened about the box.

A further function of the illustrative tool is performed by the jaws which, when vclosed upon the wires, form it barrel-or bore which encloses and holds the wires at the box so that they cannot wind one about the other the gripping members and the mouth of sai bore functioning asp-n plurality of wire+en gaging :uieensspaced apart a distance mppron 'ima-tely equal tot-he desired twist; with the wiresso held, the formation of the twist, instead of proceedingfrom the grippin pins toward thBEbO-X or fromthe box towar'c the' rip )ing pins, takes place approximately unigorin y along the entire length of wire between the box {and the gripping :pins and in each turn of the tool the wires tension uniformly; resultin in each convolution of the twist being uni orrnly tensioncd end the T avoidance of extretenslon where the twist joins the body wires;

In adjoining binding wires around boxes by ordinary-twisting methods; the twist forms progressively from the tool toward the box or vice- 'versu, eeclrturn of the twist drawing in wirefor that particular-turn and etting on independent tension. If the twist" proceeds toward the-box, the-tightening of the wires draws in the tool, losing ercertein tensioning advantage and the convolution's of the twist increase in'tension toward the box, the oint being, therefore, weakest at the box end. If, on. theotheif hand, the

twist proceeds from the box, the 'tensicning of: the binding is. practically. establishedby the first turn, losing the advantage ofi continued tensioning, encl' -the istre'm is still greatest-smile box.

1 It-w-ill be noted tha-t bjr rensol-i of the relative' mot'ebility of-thejaws and grippin members,- the tool is adoptedfor operation uponwires of dilferen't gnu end-that the wires-maybe readill insertec in the toolregardless of kinks" on bends therein endtha-t,

twisted and severed.

when the jaws have been contracted and close upon the wires, they form a bore or Inn-rel, preferably slightly larger than the rorqilel'ed coil or twist, thus preventing any tendency oi buckling of the twist after its completion and insuring the severing of the terminal by the continued rotation of the tool.

For use in joining binding wires of wirebound boxes, which are stapled around the box in a comparatively tout state it has been found desirnble to locate the gripping pins about one-half inch from the nose oi? the jaws, this distance having been selected purtlj with reference to the taut state of the wires as up liedto the box and also with it view to o )ta-ining a short but amply efhcicnt twist.

The manner of handling the tool is illustrated in Figs. to 14. In these figures, designates u Wirebound box having a wire binding 21 fastened there-about by staples 22, the portions of said wire binding on adjacent sepumbly related box sides or sections, e. g, the lid and front, having "frco cnd portions and 24 which are to be tensionelly connected to complete the contiunity of the binding and tightly close the box. As indicated in Fig. 10, the wiro'euds 23 and 2d are brought together so that the tool may he slipped th'ereovcr. As shown in Figs/Hand 12, the tool is slipped over the wire ends and pressed against the box side, thus closing the jaws 1 and 2 and bringing the wire ends 23 and 24 together udjncent thebox side, asshown at w, and

censing'the pins to, rip the wires.- The tool thenrevolved y turning the brace to intertwist tl1e-wires,-nnd whenthe twist is completed, the wire is mitouurticully wrun 'olf-ut' the tip-oi, the twist, as indi outed in Fig. 13,1e1tving a blunt tipped twist which may be hammered down against the box side, as shown in Fig. 14.

Obviously, the present invention is not limited tothe specific embodiment illustrated and described but :leatures of the. in venti'on are, susceptible of embodiment in various devices and maybe advantageously usedin various combinations and sub-combinetions.

What is claimed isr 1; A tool for joining pucknge wires by intertw-isting comprising relatively movable members to receive and hold the wires side by-side, and mennsto position said members "a distance from the package during the operation of the, tool whereby rotation of said members will-cause the wires tobe inter- 2. IL tool for joining package wires b3 intertwisting co'n'ip'rising relatively movable grippingmcmbers to receive and grip, the wires. snd' means to position the: gripping members it distance f-romthe package durextent ui contructiun of said mei'nbers. V

30. A too'l fer use in joining packu (3' wires by intertwzsting, cen prislngrelative y movable members normallyexpunded to 1' eeive the wires, means to positlon Silld. members a distance from the mckage durin the operntibn efthe'tool, an" menus uperab ie by pressure uf the tool against the package to contract said members. toward the xvii-es 1m wiihthe distance between said men ibei's isless 20'" body, .end -i than twice the diameter of a. wire thus'preventing one wire from slipping about the ether at the point of engegeme'nt "by said members: w

31;.- A tool fol-use ingo'mmg package wires interbwistz-ing; com )risin reletively mow b eiile members 'ada Jbe to'c ose upon and incase r the wires to e jeined, including means {Ea-engage tl-le- Wires-adjacent the? peeks.

ping: members to engage t 10 wires aha. 05 diebst'ncefiherefron'r whereby, wlienthe-tnul' is rotated, the wires will be in terfiwisted meet;

between said point's of engagee 32: A wire joinin-getool" of the character deseribed, having the relatively movable grippinm membere: 12-12 andrh'eans to po s1t-1on-. tiieurreiamve to w package du'rm g a distance from the extrmnity' of ite'jm v mid so the gripping me'm- .bers l2e'tecioseupenmic In,tesL-iinonj whereo fgi'lhave" signed name'to-tlllis'speelficetiom: i

SERAPHINE .F. BAIJLIWENS": 

